Manage server free space using Features on Demand

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At the end of this video, the student will learn how to connect to other servers from one main server to manage storage in one convenient location. You will then learn how to push out roles and features from one server to another. This can be a great time saver as you no longer need to connect to every server to perform a function.

- [Instructor] Server 2016 allows you to manage…the storage from one server by connecting…to many other servers.…And you can get real time information…about the status of the other server storage.…Using Server Manager, the administrator can create…server groups and connect to the storage…of any other 2016 or 2012 server in the network.…We do that by creating a server group.…Let's go to server manager as you see here,…and click on create a server group.…

From here we're going to add our own server into the group…but we're also going to add another server as well.…Here's the server called DATA.…And we'll give it a server group name.…We'll call it servers, keep it easy.…Click OK.…And here we have the two servers in our group.…If we click on DC2, we see events from DC2,…if we click on DATA, we see the events from DATA.…

Now let's go ahead and see what's going on with the storage…on DATA from our DC2 server.…We're now in our File and Storage solutions area,…in server manager, and you can see,…here is the list of servers.…

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1/19/2017

Learn how to configure file and storage services in Windows Server 2016. This course maps to the Implement Storage Solutions domain from Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Exam 70-740, Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server, and helps both experienced admins and those new to IT deploy and set up efficient and secure storage with Windows Server 2016. Instructor Robert McMillen covers basics such as volumes, disks, and the command-line utilities you need to format disks and edit files. Then explore drive mirroring, advanced file services (including configuring file permissions), Dynamic Access Control, and data deduplication. Plus, learn about virtual storage with Hyper-V, using Distributed File System (DFS) for redundancy and replication, and working with alternative solutions such as Volume Shadow Copy and RAID storage.

Topics include:

Working with the Computer Management interface

Formatting disks and editing files from the command line

Configuring advanced file services such as BranchCache, auditing, and permissions